The Guardian view on child marriage: girls should not be wives | Editorial

There’s growing agreement that under-18s need to be protected – but international turmoil is pushing many towards wedlock Every minute, 23 girls around the world wed, according to the Girls Not Brides campaign, a coalition of more than 1,000 organisations across 100 countries. No child should be married. But girls are far more likely to be affected than boys, accounting for nine in 10 of those wed before 18, and their spouses are often much older men. The consequences, beyond the immediate th...

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